Finger protector for trigger hands



Dec. 28, 1948. w. UGAZIO ETAL 2,457,755

' FINGER PROTECTOR FOR TRIGGER HANDS Filed Deb. 11, 1946 IN VEN TORJ EDZt/HEDAYBOC'CAFOGL] 50M723 UGA 210 @atented Eco. 28, i4$

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Application December 11, 1946, Serial No. 715,376

2 illaims. (ill. 42-1) This invention relates to a cold excluding sleeve or cover for protecting the trigger hand of a person using a shot gun or any other shooting device, so that the fingers will not be directly exposed to extreme low temperature conditions and frozen or numbed against free and natural use.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a sleeve adapted to receive the hand, wrist and forearm of the shooter, with means for clamping the sleeve in fixed position on the gun, so that the hand may be inserted and removed without difiiculty, and cold air may be effectively excluded from the interior of the sleeve.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention comprises certain new and useful constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, clearly described in the following specification, and fully illustrated in the drawings, in which: I

Fig. l is a perspective view showing'the protective sleeve before being attached to a gun.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the sleeve attached to a gun, and illustrating the arm of a shooter extended through the sleeve into gun firing position.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view, taken on line 5-4 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawings, which illustrate the practical embodiment of the invention, 5 designates the body of the sleeve, shown to be constructed witha longitudinal seam closed by a slide fastener device 8.

The sleeve body 5 when secured about the gun is formed approximately conical, to provide a reduced forward end I, and a longitudinal slot 8 to allow the breech mechanism of thegun G to project through the protective sleeve. The forward end of the sleeve is secured 1 place by means of a U-shaped metal clamp 9, which is secured between the plies of the fabric of which the sleeve is constructed, so that the metal clamp is wholly concealed within the fabric.

2 closed for the major portion of its length by a rubber tube It, which serves to prevent scratching or marring the under-part of the gun in any way.

The sleeve is constructed with a sufiiciently large capacity to freely receive the hand and forearm of an average man, and conforms to the bulk of the coat and hand of the user, so that cold air is effectively excluded from the interior of the protective sleeve, and heat radiated by the persons hand will be confined Within the sleeve, and the trigger finger and associated parts of the hand will be protected against freezing or numbing.

It is understood that various changes in the detailsof construction, their combination and arrangement, may be made in carrying out the invention, as defined by the claims herein set forth.

Having described the invention, we claim as new:

1. A finger protector for trigger hands on a gun having a trigger and breech mechanism, comprising a sleeve cover having ends and adapted to be formed into conical shape about the gun, slide fastener means securing the ends of the cover together and releasable to permit the disposing of the sleeve upon the gun, a U-shaped metal clamp open at the top and embedded in the cover material at the forward end of the sleeve cover, said cover when the ends are joined providing for a longitudinally extending slot at the forward end of the cover and extending from the free end of the U-shaped clamp and adapted to allow the breech mechanism of the gun to project therethrough and to allow the clamp to be located ahead of the gun trigger and screw means extending through the free endsof the clamp to bring the same into clamping engagement with the sides of'the breech mechanism, said cover depending downwardly from the gun sufliciently to permit the extension of the arm and hand of the user of the gun so that the finger can be located about the trigger and whereby the same member and adapted to receive the breech mechanism of the gun, and clamping screw means extending through the U-shaped member and t 3 adapted tobrin: the tree ends of the. U-shsped X the! a dim mm X REFERENCES()I'llil) member and em en 0 e we tight elemping enzezementwith the breech mechg g wg of in the anism, said. conical sleeve bein: of suflieient size as to permit the extension ottthefllamnd, ioresrmt, 5 I UIEI'I'ED STATES PATENTS and trigger finger thereinto or e enzslemen Number I of the trigger finger with the triuer of tire sun, 2'3 340 gfif Y gg the U-clamp being fastened to the can ahead of r the trigger thereof. FOREIGN PQ'I'ENTB I Date WAUI'ER UGAZIO. 1 16,311 Great Britain 1897 EDWARD c. 'BDCCAFOGLI. 1.883 Great Britain 190a 23,895 Great Britain 1914 74,988 Austria June 15. 1917 

